The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-07-16

Shalt we train our children TO strife
Shall we continue to teach them by ex
; ample to tear down, or shalt they begil
to learn to build up?
Thoughtful men in the South, full,
: appreciaiing the gravity of the second
excuse made for our people, lack O
knowledge of implements and machin
cry, set about applying remedy.
AT the time of the Centennial, rail
road communication was difficult anC
expensive from the South to Philadel
phia hence the benefits of that grea!
exhibition were not experienced by the
South.
The West appeared there, and the
testimony of all authorities points to
the rapid aud wondrous development
OF that section Of the country as trace.
able, in great degree, to the Phila.
delphia Exhibition.
The Atlanta Exposition practically
inaugurated the industrial movement
southwark, and the Louisville Exposi-
tion kept the ball rolling.
Time and circumstances combined
to invite the opening of q great school
of instruction at New Orleans, wherein
the people of the South would be taught
by object lesson the value of all that
skill and science had achieved, wherein
they would not only Iearu the value
OF the wealth Of Southern soil mine and
forest, but have an opportunity to ex-
hibit their resources to the world. and
TO compare the best modern methods
OF instruction Of Europe and the Uni ed
States.
leaptns over ten years Of time
THE WORLDS EXPOSITION
brought the South face to face with the
best thought and achievement of
modern science, skill and art.
Rich as she was in resources hereto
fore, the South now stepped out into
the industrial arena thrice armed with
knowledge, and putting away the leth-
argy OF old has taken up the great in
dustrial contest with an earnestness
and degree OF success that amazes the
world.
AT the beginning of these Eyposi-
t'ons three-fourths of Birmingham was
a cotton field.
Alabama's manufacturing indus
tries then produced 81 3 5S5 S(4
VII january !, lsS'".............." 39, ,S55, 900
An increase OF. ol....................S26 2S7. .496
HeorSlas product from manufac-
lures was ton valued at. .........$36 44O, ,94S
'"h"ary 1, les1....... 81, ,S9S, 600
Increase In, ,4s7, ,o52
turies in 1850 an aggregate of..S75, 4s3, a77
'"h"' l, 1ooi"...... sc, 44S, 900
Increase $50, ,96i ,62s
south Carolina shows an increase !
Of sl7, ,6ss, 900
1Softh carolina 16, 500, 900
tennessee: 23,4S6, 900
~ NJ $500, 900
......."................. 5,225, 900
Texas. 147Ss, 900
kansitS 1867, 900
manufactures in 1850
were valued So, POS, 900
''""ary y loo'""...... $685., 900
,,,, Increase oi.... $l3, Ais, 900
This presents Il summary of
tactories in tho South, 1857 l76
Factories i'll the South, 1ssO...........345t 5ti3
Increase ........:........ ................l9 G13
japitat in factories in 1887 -. ... 1871 S25 900
faptal i'll factories in 1850 ........ l79 :S66 900
Increase" .....Sl92 Ass, 900
lands employed in 1sS7.................:37,6 $50
lands employed in lSS0................2l52I 2I5
,ro,,,, nncrease:"' ase- 1926
roamct IN 500 sS5, 600
.fo""c'l IN lsoo...'.... 3l5924, ,79i
1hcrotse''....'... .$2l3, DC, ,2O6
Southern manufactures have not pro- :!
'ressed at the expense of Southern J
griculture.
BY improved cultivation of the soil. ,
Investigation Of crops, better labor, i
'ettsr yields, the crops of the South
ave been increased TO valuation s
f.,......"... $745, ,O5O, ,696 I
Against, in lssO............... 612, ,27s s,31s {
1ncrease.".. .......$132, ,772, 1878 8
r % per cent. Cotton remains king. ,
ut his sceptre is passing away. Ii
oW constitutes only one-third Of the d
outh's agricultural yield. c
Fruit and garden crops have in a
reased $l3,000,000. :
The value Of stock has increased in +
even years, s247 1926 ,34s, or 60 per cent. c
The South's saw-mi''s and forest
r0duct establishments have increased ! 4
\ number 276s; in hands, 1857;
alue of product, 800, 5s2,137. {
In treating the subject OF the indus- Il
-ial South the term must be extended n
eyond the range of manufactures.
Taking in the farm, stock raising, \
minerals and fisheries '